It's odd to hear following a 4-0 victory, but the first thing that both Lehner and O'Reilly brought up when speaking after the game was their dissatisfaction with the way the team played in that lopsided second period, even after O'Reilly was able to tip in a Rasmus Ristolainen shot to make the game 2-0.
O'Reilly said it was addressed during the intermission, and that played a part in Buffalo's two-goal third.
"I think in between the intermission after the second, not any one of us was happy with it even though the score was what we wanted," O'Reilly said. "We weren't happy, guys were a little upset with each other and we regrouped. We said we've got to come out, we've got to work, we've got to start winning battles. It's amazing, when we do that and we play simple we seem to find a way to win the game."
Players also pointed to Foligno's fight with Mark Borowiecki midway through that second period as a turning point for the team. Foligno took exception when he thought Borowiecki took a run at Eichel along the boards.
"I don't know if the guy took a run at me or not but it seemed like he did," Eichel said. "Whenever you have a teammate that comes to your back, it definitely means a lot and it seems like he does that a good amount. It says a lot about him as a teammate, that he's a guy that you want to have on your side. I think he just picks our bench up."
"It was an appropriate and a good response form Marcus, getting in there," Bylsma added. "It wasn't the first time that they had targeted Jack in the game and I thought it was a good move by Marcus to get in there. It did lift the team and it should've lifted the team."